People of Michigan v. Javaan Michael James

A jury convicted defendant of two counts of animal fighting, MCL 750.49(2)(a), and one count of possessing animal-fighting equipment, MCL 750.49(2)(h). The trial court sentenced defendant *251 as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.11, to concurrent terms of 24 months to 8 years' imprisonment. We affirm defendant's convictions but remand for correction of the judgment of sentence.

This case arises from defendant's ownership of five dogs: Chico, Chopper, Daisy, China, and Mayweather. On July 13, 2016, at roughly 3:00 p.m., Sergeant Kurt Roth of the Battle Creek Police Department arrived at a…